Saudi Arabia: Workers employed in the government sector, by country of citizenship, administrative region and sex (2022)

  Riyadh Eastern Province Madina al-Munawwara Qassim Ha’il Mekka Norther Borders ‘Asir Al-Baha Al-Jawf Tabouk Najran Jizan
  M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
Saudi Arabia 266,261 174,589 64,473 47,856 38,574 28,340 33,344 26,545 17,928 13,978 101,398 74,179 11,199 7,095 48,117 45,132 12,631 11,023 16,678 10,774 19,495 14,835 18,826 10,981 27,980 23,868  
Algeria 53 14 35 3 13 3 5 3 8   19 5 5 5 21 9     14 2 6 1 4   5 2  
Bahrain     3 2                          
Egypt 1,658 776 838 401 578 370 594 346 251 136 1,508 745 256 118 582 267 179 69 282 109 288 143 270 114 383 147  
Iraq 2 1 1   1       1 1     1   1            
Jordan 265 50 216 57 67 18 90 31 62 25 151 40 78 23 52 10 14 1 41 8 88 20 42 16 27 3  
Kuwait   1 1 1 1           1     1          
Lebanon 12 7 8 2   2     6 1 1 4     1   1    
Libya 2       1     1                  
Mauritania 3     3   2 1 1 4   2   2   1      
Morocco 22 6 4 3 3 1 1   13 5 2 5 2     1 1   3 1 1  
Oman   1                            
Palestine 29 9 10 5 3 2 3 1 2 14 4 5 1 2 1 1   1   2 5    
Sudan 937 775 392 340 221 330 309 339 156 163 508 443 216 150 564 458 124 116 185 136 270 238 303 261 332 296  
Syria 277 56 174 30 111 23 107 21 73 13 170 25 102 9 109 20 58 9 114 15 72 12 54 3 49 2  
Tunisia 231 138 111 82 42 41 55 28 17 7 212 135 79 63 76 43 6 1 29 10 34 19 15 3 23 16  
UAE   1                            
Yemen 79 8 91 11 29 5 31 6 3 44 8 13 5 80 12 6 1 1 10 98 19 17 6  
Arab countries 3,570 1,843 1,884 937 1,068 796 1,199 778 573 344 2,650 1,413 757 374 1,497 824 388 198 668 282 770 434 789 419 843 473  
Afghanistan     2   1 1     3                  
Azerbaidjan 2             1     1          
Bangladesh 56 18 40 7 10 6 11 3 5 1 35 9 4 30 20 11 2 12 1 17 1 17 2 38 8  
Brunei 1                              
China     5 1     1   5     1 1 1 1     1    
India 520 1,004 408 678 94 287 102 361 46 144 296 599 57 172 295 638 30 181 54 129 53 101 76 377 185 432  
Indonesia 4 11 9 9 2 43 9   7 9 19   6 1 20 1 5   1   1   8   5  
Japan 1           1                  
Kazakhstan 1   1                            
Malaysia 5 23 1 22 2 2 1 2   7 21 1 1 2   1   2   5 1    
Nepal     1       1                    
Pakistan 348 116 348 101 90 46 141 121 69 28 341 136 117 50 149 86 53 26 38 14 54 26 64 57 100 29  
Philippines 54 670 164 607 19 498 9 366 1 166 11 649 5 139 8 559 7 300 2 130 8 83 9 421 28 249  
Singapore 1   1                            
South Korea 1 1 3     1   1 1                  
Sri Lanka   2 2 1       2     1       1      
Thailand               1                  
Turkey 8   10 1 2       7             1    
Uzbekistan       5                          
Asian countries 1,002 1,845 995 1,427 225 883 264 863 123 346 713 1440 185 367 484 1327 103 515 109 275 132 214 167 870 354 723  
Botswana 40 12 7   5 6 4   2 1 14 8 1 7 7 2 1 2 2 6 2 2 1  
Cameroon 1   1   1                          
Chad 1           1                  
Comoros 1     1                          
Djibouti 1   1                     1    
Eritrea                             1  
Ethiopia 2   1   2                     1    
Ghana 1   2                     1 1 1  
Guinea                           1    
Ivory Coast   1         1 1                  
Kenya       1   1     1               1  
Mali             1                  
Nigeria 20 4 55 5 6 4 10 3 10 1 24 13 8 1 27 7 6 2 4 5 11 3 29 4  
Senegal     1                            
Sierra Leone     1 1           1              
Somalia 2 7 1   1 1     1 2   1   1 1   1     1 1  
South Africa     7   1       10 5                  
Tanzania     1         1                  
Togo     1                            
Uganda     1                            
SS African countries 69 24 79 7 18 11 15 3 12 3 54 28 9 2 35 15 9 1 4 5 7 0 18 5 36 9  
Belgium 1   2     1                        
Bosnia         1     1         1        
Czech Republic                           1    
Denmark 1   4                            
Finland             1                  
France 8 4 8 1 1     9 3   2              
Germany 2   9 2 3 1 2     7 1   1         1    
Greece 9 2 5 1       2                  
Hungary               1                
Ireland 1   6   1     1 3 1                
Italy     4   1       1                  
Netherlands     2 2     1   1   1              
Norway     1                     1      
Poland 1                              
Romania   1 1 1   1         2     2        
Russia 1 3 3     5 3 2 2 3   3 1 1 1   1 1 2    
Spain     2         1                  
Sweden 1 1 3   1         1                  
UK 20 8 48 4 23 3 4   2 49 9   4 1 1 3 1 5    
Ukraine               1               1  
Europe 45 19 98 11 29 5 14 3 6 2 77 16 2 0 13 0 2 0 2 1 6 0 3 1 9 1  
Argentina 2 1                            
Canada 21 6 74 9 6 4 2   2 30 7 1 4     7 1 2    
Colombia     1                            
Cuba 33 28 2 3     3 1 19 12   1 3 3   7 3 3 2 6 8 36 20  
USA 9 11 66 5 7   3   1 1 33 5 1 1     4 2 1 1  
Venezuela   1                            
Americas 65 47 143 17 13 4 5 0 6 2 82 24 2 1 8 3 0 0 7 3 14 2 9 8 39 21  
Australia 7 1 24 2       5 1   1         1    
New Zealand     2   1         1     1              
Oceania 7 1 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  
Unspecified 6 7 5 2 2 3     4 2   1 1 2 1   2   2 2 1  
Total foreign workers 4,764 3,786 3,230 2,403 1,356 1,702 1,497 1,647 720 697 3,585 2,925 955 744 2,039 2,171 504 714 791 566 929 652 986 1,305 1,284 1,228  
Total workers 271,025 178,375 67,703 50,259 39,930 30,042 34,841 28,192 18,648 14,675 104,983 77,104 12,154 7,839 50,156 47,303 13,135 11,737 17,469 11,340 20,424 15,487 19,812 12,286 29,264 25,096  

Source: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD)

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

  1. 1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Data do not include employees in the security and military sectors.

 

No metadata available. The administrative records used as a source of data is unmentioned.

 

The original dataset’s title (“Manpower in the Public sector during year 2020”), likely refers to Civil Service’s employees. When compared to the results of GAStat Labour Force Survey (LFS) for Q4 of 2022, the totals of foreign workers in the “public” sector (43,027 in 2022, see table) were closer to the LFS’s figures of foreign workers in the Civil Service (44,065), than to the figures of foreign workers in the government sector (158,000). It is thus likely that MHRSD’s figures of workers in the “Public” sector are referring to Civil service workers.

Saudi and non-Saudi workers subscribing to the Social Insurance (GOSI) and working for the public sector (non-civil servants) are thus not included in the figures of workers in the government sector.

 

  1. 2. Institution which provides data

 

Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD)

 

  1. 3. Data availability

 

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD).

Datasets: “Workforce in the Government sector during year 2022” parts 1; 2; and 3, by administrative region.

https://od.data.gov.sa/Data/en/dataset/the-workforce-in-the-government-sector-during-the-year-2022

Datasets present data at the level of individuals, and indicate the worker’s gender, country of citizenship, age in single years, education level, educational speciality, the type of staff to which the employee belongs (education; health; employee; contract worker and others), location of the post (cities) and administrative region.

 

The dataset is only available in the Saudi government Open Data Portal – DATA.GOV.SA , Labor data.

 

Datasets are in Arabic only.

 

Last date of access: May 2023.

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

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